#BDA853#BDA853

#BDA853 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA853
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -3.11, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 46.15, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0107 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.108 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5516, 39.4502, 13.8713)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA853 #5368BD

analogous

#BD7353 #BDA853 #9DBD53

triadic

#BDA853 #53BDA8 #A853BD

tetradic

#BDA853 #53BD73 #5368BD #BD539D

square

#BDA853 #53BD73 #5368BD #BD539D

split-complementary

#BDA853 #539DBD #7353BD

monochromatic

#6C5F29 #98863A #BDA853 #CEBE7F #DFD5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BDA853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA853

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA853	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c186',
    500: '#bda853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda853;
$custom-light: #d3c186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73239,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA853

secondary

#9FA8CD

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA853

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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